Challenge

Question

Raise a number to the square using only:
- While or for
- Operators + - (NOT MULTIPLICATION *)

Terms
* Do not use modules or libraries that give the value squared
* You can use the language you want ;)

Answer 1

Python way:
https://code.sololearn.com/cqWgPr2eiEFf/?ref=app

Answer 2

https://code.sololearn.com/c522HM1YsqQC/?ref=app

Answer 3

Nice challenge

Answer 4

Not working with decimal numbers yet, but with integers is ok.

https://code.sololearn.com/cz16O6j32Oho/?ref=app

Answer 5

https://code.sololearn.com/cuP03Nb6newm/?ref=app

Answer 6

c#
https://code.sololearn.com/cCjnBxB33W33/?ref=app

Answer 7

Updated
a^n power function for any(1<=n) degrees of integers (negative int.s too)

https://code.sololearn.com/cIl5A4JQFLTa/?ref=app

Answer 8

Hi. Here is my code in python. It work for negative numbers too.

https://code.sololearn.com/cpX0YpB7nJnc/?ref=app

Answer 9

@HeisAbdulaziz your code doesn't work with negative numbers if you want to raise them to even power. in example (-3)^2

Answer 10

as i've tagged )))
// a^n=1*a*a*a*a...*a
// input: a n (a>0,n>0 a,n=int)
// output: a^n

but it isn't pow i have some bugs

Answer 11

oh sorry, I'm probably just blind haha

Answer 12

Using sum of first n odd integers to give the square of n:

https://code.sololearn.com/cUKbPSDr4iTi/?ref=app

Answer 13

'''
Challenge

Raise a number to the square using only:
- While or for
- Operators + - (NOT MULTIPLICATION *)

Terms
* Do not use modules or libraries that give the value squared
* You can use the language you want ;

'''

number=int(input());result=0
for i in range (number):
result+=number
print('The square of',number,'is',result)

Answer 14

It does not look like it been solved for decimals yet.
You could make a larger challenge if complex numbers were included!